Lil Durk

“I use the studio as my drug. That's where I relieve everything at - the studio.”

“It's either you finna create your own wave, you finna sound like me or you finna sound like G Herbo, you finna sound like Chance The Rapper, you finna sound like Juice Wrld. You ain't gonna get too far 'cause you sound like somebody. So, create your own lane and do your own style.”

“I gotta stay in that light where people will see me and hear me. And not be scared of me, you know?”

“You got to have a strong mind if you fall back. When you fall back, they going to count you out. So you got to have a strong mind and know your worth. When you come back, you've got to be different and even more better.”

“I can buy anything I want now. It hasn't changed me personally. It just changed what I can do for myself and my family.”

“Atlanta is just different. It's the music city.”

“I let my team pick what order the records go. I don't pick my own records. I'm a fan of my music regardless so you have to think outside of the box.”

“I like aiming for the producers who are hungry. I don't chase the wave.”

“I wasn't really into music. I was into the streets. I was too worried about the streets and how I was going to eat and how I was going to make the streets happen.”

“I just wanted to speak to the streets and give them motivation on making it out. Whatever situation they're in, know that they can make do and have a better life.”

“I grew up without a father, so I have to be on point for my kids.”

“My father being incarcerated for 25 years, 26 years, so I had a rough past, but me moving to Atlanta, I just thought that changed my whole identity - my thinking.”

“In Chicago, a lot of people don't really got nothing to live for. Everybody can't ball. Everybody can't rap. Nobody is really doing those activities. There's nothing to do but the streets.”

“What really broke it down was I had my son while I was locked up, so that really affected me. I can't really have this, knowing my father was locked up when I was small. So that really out of everything - through the fame, the money, everything - that really put the toll on me: 'Oh yeah, I gotta change.'”

“There's definitely a lot of responsibility to keep the good energy going.”

“Moving to Atlanta is one of the best things I did.”

“I'm always going to be able to touch fans and get new fans because everybody goes through something everyday. I just keep touching different subjects by talking to the streets and reaching out to my fans by telling them a story instead of just giving them music to listen.”

“I grew as an artist and a person. I'm just ready to work, get this money, get this new fan base and tour all over the world.”

“When I began to rap, I wasn't taking it real serious. As I start seeing good things, it's getting serious.”

“A lot of projects I do be all 'real' music.”